What is the #1 emotion you’ve been feeling during quarantine? If STRESS is your predominant state, you don’t need me to tell you that it is having a negative impact on your health. Listen in as Dr. Matthew McAlees explains how to reduce stress and improve your wellbeing by taking control of your thoughts!

Question Highlights

• Mental stress is a big deal right now. Can you talk about what people are experiencing?
• How does stress impact our bodies in ways we may not realize? And what can we do to reduce our stress?
• When it comes to health, you say it’s more important to find out WHY it’s wrong than WHAT is wrong. What do you mean by that?
• Can you talk to us about the connection between stress and weight gain?
• How do we recognize when stress is impacting our diet? And what’s the quickest way to get out of that cycle?
• You recently challenged your Instagram followers to think about WHY they want to be healthy. Can you talk about that briefly?
• What makes your Align Weight Loss program different from others on the market?

In this episode, you will learn about…

• What happens when our bodies produce too much of the cortisol hormone
• Why Dr. McAlees recommends adding in GOOD habits rather than eliminating bad ones
• McAlees’ A + B = C formula for choosing what we want to believe about our circumstances
• How much more sugar we consume now vs. 200 years ago
• Recognizing that you’re in control and choosing which thoughts + emotions you want to keep
• Your choice to invest your time, money and energy in your health NOW or spend your retirement trying to get it back

Connect with Dr. McAlees

Dr. McAlees’ Website

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Dr. McAlees on LinkedIn

Resources

Align Weight Loss & Body Balancing

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